I have run the search engine for the St. Justina stone carving of the knight with the nice helm, mail and shield.
I found a small pic on this site.
I guess I am to new to enlarge it... as The message says I need to register.

What I am looking for... is more historical documentation and views.
Page 52 in "Arms & Armour of the Medieval Knight"
Says: 1210 Church of St Justina, Padua.
Goggle has not helped very much.

It looks like you're referring to this picture from our Oakeshott Type XII spotlight

The face is protected by an attached face mask. This form is a precursor to the great helm and fits somewhere between conical helms with nasal bars and the fully developed heaume, or great helm.

Looking at it closely in the book, there appears to be some kind of bump in the nose area. It doesn't look, though, like there's a nasal riveted to the rim around the helm, like we'd expect. Maybe the face mask is shaped to give more room for the nose?

Looks like a face mask or plate protection of an early type of great helm pierced with eye holes and breathes.

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When I click on the small one it I get:
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Is their any close ups of the helm taken from the left side?
The bump in the face plate hints of a nasal, Yes?

Ron McWilliams

Ps: Thank you Chad and Nathan for the welcome and the pic.Caveat Emptor

Is their any close ups of the helm taken from the left side?
The bump in the face plate hints of a nasal, Yes?

Ron McWilliams

Ps: Thank you Chad and Nathan for the welcome and the pic.

That's the only pic of that carving that I've seen published (not that I've seen it all, though). I can't recall any pot helms with face masks that also have a nasal. The nasal would be ornamental/vestigial since the mask would do more protecting than the nasal.

Good to have you here! I have to say your helmet is turning out very nicely. I think it is more a shaped nasal out of the facemask than a nasal rivetted over the facemask. That being said, when I enlarge it om my computer it does get fuzzy but it could go either way.. What would you think would look best?

Hello and welcome. I have the same message problem when viewing pictures sometimes. The solution is that you have to be logged into the web site with your user name and password to get it to work properly; I often browse this site without logging in and usually get tripped up somewhere while clicking through.

About the helm, if you are looking for other representations in art of a similar style, turn the page in AAoMK to 54-55. check out the figure in the bottom panel on 54 on the very left edge of the photo. On 55, the figures in the photo on the right side are all wearing a similar helm and there is one illustrated on the ground near the bottom left corner.

For reference, these images are from the Silver Shrine of Charlemagne, Aachen Cathedral, dated c1207, as noted in the book.

Is their any close ups of the helm taken from the left side?
The bump in the face plate hints of a nasal, Yes?

Ron McWilliams

Ps: Thank you Chad and Nathan for the welcome and the pic.

That's the only pic of that carving that I've seen published (not that I've seen it all, though). I can't recall any pot helms with face masks that also have a nasal. The nasal would be ornamental/vestigial since the mask would do more protecting than the nasal.

The pic we have is overespoed and lacks detail right in the supposed nasal area.

I had the impression of something strange too, but the conditions of the image don't allow any conclusion to be drawn, while probably being the cause of a mistake.

The only solution is a trip to Padova (one and half hour from my home at leisure pace), hoping to find a friendly friar that will show me where the stone carving is.

BTW, I found the website of the basilica but they are completely unaware of this precious carving.

Thanks for the great web site link. That is truly a marvelous place. I have searched the web well and not found anything more.

I finished my helm although, I did not have much time to work on it. It is rather crude. Yes?
I think it is the lost link between spangens and the McBible style flat top face helm. The time line seems to be about right.

If you are ever up that way bring a print of the carving who knows one just might know where it is located.
That sure is a big place though.

Hi there.........I had a little better luck with a very quick Google-picture search. When I typed in "Church of St Justina, Padua" I got nothing. When I cut out "Padua" I got a few and when I just used "St. Justina " I got around 400. On the first page was a helm made by Windrose Armoury , here......... http://windrosearmoury.com/zen_new/index.php?...cPath=4_15 ...... its the last one botton left. Unfortunately its got the typical SCA anti neck-boffer grill on it but the rest looks ok. If you e-mail them they might give you some more reference ?Attachment: 73.72 KB, Viewed: 2081 timesMerv ....... KOLR
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